Eagle Rock Canvas Print

Scott’s Bluff, historically referred to as Scott’s Bluff’s second pass, is the range of hills which parallels the Platte River, and is a large isolated land mass near Gering, Nebraska.

Looking like a halved dome, Eagle Rock is 4,482 feet above sea level. In 1853, Oregon bound emigrant Mariett Foster Cummings stated “There is a pass through that is guarded on one side by Sugar Loaf Rock (Eagle Rock), on the other by one that resembles a square house with an observatory (Sentinel Rock). There is one nearest the river, which is certainly the most magnificent thing I ever saw. ”Eagle Rock forms the north side of Mitchell Pass through which thousands of emigrants drove their covered wagons single file and Pony Express riders galloped to deliver mail.

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Photography is all about using light to capture the emotion and beauty of a fleeting moment. For me, this adventure began with a single spring image using a small Kodak film camera of a freshly watered central Kansas ditch and has come full circle using modern digital techniques. My first camera was acquired by trading an ancient Royal typewriter to a fellow college student who was desperate to finish a term paper. It was a long time ago and that camera was my passport to an art that has fascinated me ever since. I owned and operated a professional studio in central Kansas for 20 years and moved to Colorado in 1994. Part of the studio's early success came from creating outdoor portraiture using controlled lighting...